Tagged--7 Things You Don't Know About Me!

I blame @EisleyJacobs for tagging me! She's sooooooooo going to pay. I usually get these once in a blue moon and what do I do but -- "gently" toss them in the fires of the trash bin. I mean!!! Do you really care what YOU know about me much less what YOU don't know about me? I'm not that interesting. I write, I work, and I go home to a nice glass of WHITE (never red--drank red all through my 20s and now can't stand the smell or the TASTE) wine. That's my life except for an occasional meet and greet with the above mentioned person on Tuesday mornings for chit chat and redbull (sometimes a danish...well, okay, to be honest, always a danish) while she has coffee. Most writers are introverts. I'm an introvert that becomes a raging extrovert when I feel comfortable with the person I'm with--hence the SINGLE status of my love life. No guy wants to date a woman who doesn't know how to put words into sentences on the first date. If they would just give me a FOURTH or FIFTH chance they'd see I'm a hoot and a half. ;-) But, alas Miss Heather (you must read her blog http://eisleyjacobs.com/life/7-things-about-me/ for the inside joke) er... Eisley would like to know more about me. What's to tell?

1. I grew up in Lincoln, NE amongst the corn and the Catholic sexist rules. Women weren't allowed on the pulpit...come on, really??? My mom and dad belonged to a group called CALL. To put it nicely, they fought against the rules and we kids, my brother and I, paid for it big time. One priest wouldn't let me leave class to MAN the Red Cross Bake Sale that I had signed up for. He publicly embarrassed me in front of the whole class by blurting out that I couldn't afford to leave class due to my grades... um, I had a 'B'.

2. I moved to Colorado with my parents at age 19. The best and worst thing I could have done. I was able to get out of Lincoln (thank God) but then I met my best friend Racheal who taught me to let loose during my 20s... partying, skipping classes, doing illegal substances (over it so really don't care it's out there) and just giving up on God, life, and anything else that should have mattered.

3. I have two cats. Boring but the loves of my life. ;-) Jagger, my 15 year old (yes you read that correctly) male is my baby. He follows me around everywhere I go. I get up from the couch to go into the kitchen he's right beside me...I go to the restroom he's right beside me...and so on. Xena my adorable 5 year old female is also there but she tends to like her quiet every so often. They both purr constantly.

4. I just RECENTLY lost 40 pounds doing Weight Watchers. It. Is. The. Best. Weight program out there. I love my new and improved body that I worked at to get so much....it still needs work but for now I'm very happy with the results.

5. As Eisley mentions in her blog, I too have doubts about my writing. I was accepted to Goddard College's MFA program... beginning in February. But, even though they seemed to like my writing and realize it may have potential I still find myself doubting whether THEY'RE right. 'What if' is always in the back of my mind. What if I fail... what if I am laughed at... what if I'm not really that good... etc.

6. I bought a townhome in 2007 (never thought I'd ever have property of my own) before the huge housing crisis... actually a month before everything went down hill my townhome closed -- whew! Country Wide was my first mortgage company but they denied me the loan. It was only later I realized that they denied me because they were going bankrupt. Thank goodness they didn't approve the loan or I would have been up... well you know... a certain creek without a paddle.

7. My townhome that I purchased for $115,000 and was worth at the time $125,000 is now worth... dum dum dum... $100,000.... guess I won't be getting any equity loans any time soon.

And that's me! All out there for all to see! Be blogging with you later!